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After the ABA–NBA merger in 1976 Jones was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the ABA dispersal draft [4] and played two seasons (1976–1978) in the National Basketball Association for the Indiana Pacers and Buffalo Braves. [1] Jones won the 1975 ABA Championship with the 1974–75 Kentucky Colonels, [5] and was named to the 1975 ABA All ...
James Jones (born January 1, 1945) [1] is an American former professional basketball player who was a six-time All-Star in the American Basketball Association (ABA), one of only four players to be named an ABA All-Star six times in its nine-year history. A 6'4" guard born in Tallulah, Louisiana, Jones attended Grambling State University. [1]
In the 1975–76 season, the ABA's final season, Jones averaged 15 points, nine rebounds, four assists, two steals, and two blocks, and once again topped the league in field-goal percentage. He also played in the 1976 ABA All-Star Game , where he scored 24 points with 10 rebounds, and was named to the All-ABA Second Team.
During this match he became the first ABA player to score over 2,000 points in a season. [11] He finished the regular season with a league-leading 2,133 points as Denver lost in the playoffs first round to the Oakland Oaks. [12] Jones reached 5,000 career ABA points on 15 January 1970, becoming the first player in the league to do so.
The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a men's professional basketball major league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1976, resulting in four ABA teams joining the NBA and the introduction of the NBA 3-point shot in 1979.
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NCAA Division I athletes tended to play multiple sports in high school, and only one in six specialized in a single sport before the age of 12. [3] In the 2015 NFL Scouting Combine, six out of seven invited college athletes were multi-sport athletes in high school. [2]
Kevin Andrew Jones (born August 25, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Sun Rockers Shibuya of the B.League in Japan. He played college basketball for West Virginia University , where he was an All-American .